posted by Laura Moulton
The last performance of "Go There" is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Winningstad Theatre. Don't miss it. Sarah Rudinoff is a giant-hearted, big-voiced lovely, and a masterful storyteller -- she has that rare ability in a performer to evoke tears and laughter at the same time. She pokes fun at herself. and, gently, at others. She is at different turns earnest and a little bit cynical.
At the Saturday workshop at Corberry Press, Sarah introduced us to her colleague and friend, director Sheila Daniels. The class was entitled, "Creating Gestural Vocabulary," and Daniels said that she wanted to focus our attention on kinesthetic response, having to do with one's response to external stimuli. (Here she mentioned Ann Bogart and Tina Landau). To this end, we used expressive gesture to explore an inner state or emotion. Daniels and Rudinoff used this method when putting together their show "Shock Brigade," which told the story of women in combat. Emotions like fury, sorrow, and regret served as the conduit through which a kind of gestural vocabulary was developed.